Since I am feeling in a giving mode despite the Judge Moore crap outside let me give you some advice. It's all very simple, What does your gut tell you?1. Do I really need candles or can I use electric reading lights?This all depends on the enviroment you are trying to create. A classic look or a techo look? What appeals to your sense of aesthetics

2.Can I use the compassion ritual on my self?Why do you need to make yourself feel compasion for yourself. It should come naturally. If not find out why and fix it or get someone to help you fix it.

3.If anyone has done a destruction ritual did they find that the results were what they wanted?Sorry I haven't hated anyone enough to waste my energy on.

Magic is like anything else, you get out what you put in. If you truly will it to work... it will. If it is just something that you are trying only half heartedly than I wouldnt expect much. As for candles and what nots... all those do is help to focus your will for the purpose of magick. It is a way to prepare the mind for the working of magic.

Quote:2.Can I use the compassion ritual on my self?Why do you need to make yourself feel compasion for yourself. It should come naturally. If not find out why and fix it or get someone to help you fix it.

"The second type of ritual is of a compassionate nature. The compassion, or sentiment, ritual is performed for the pur­pose of helping others, or helping oneself. Health, domestic happiness, business activities, material success, and scholastic prowess are but a few of the situations covered in a compassion ritual. It might be said that this form of ceremony could fall into the realm of genuine charity, bearing in mind that "charity begins at home.""-TSB

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